Editing In the Shadow of Elsport (section)

==Applied to the game==
The GM has promised to avoid the things players requested not to be in the game.  Additionally, he will do his best to include the things on the requested list.

===What is Romantic About Elsport?===
With its discussion of the unliving, a lost demonic tomb, crime, and pirates, Elsport has the potential to be a "darker" location in Aldea.  Certain elements of the setting will be emphasized to highlight the fact this is still a 'romantic' fantasy setting:
* Elsport is a small but robust, prosperous, and cosmopolitan city.  Misery and suffering happen, but they are not the defining traits of life.  Though there is some ethnic tension, there is no rampant xenophobia.
* It is true that there is a thriving criminal underworld in Elsport, and The Silence until recently was very powerful.  However, the Silence by definition does not encourage a criminal reign of terror.  The fact that things in the city are destabilizing is a concern.
* It is true that there are active shadow cults and Delsha Artanis' lost tomb, but a defining element of the city is struggling with the question of 'how can we move on from horrible things?' History is not guaranteed to repeat itself.
* It is true that there are a disturbing number of unliving rising in Elsport.  However, there is no "zombie apocalypse" occurring. Instead, the unliving represent a flaw that can be corrected.  'As the natural order of the world is strengthened in Elsport, the unliving will decrease.'